Correspondence Notes Local Moves and Social Events
A year of activity includes Con and Coke Co hiring a Mine Foreman for Jacksonville mines. A crowd chaperoned by Irvin Williams attended a dance at Armagh last Saturday. Pack O'Donnel becomes store manager here, replacing Fred C. Neal who leaves for Ohio University. May Cornman visited Johnstown friends. Gilmore F. Sell toured Lackawanna Coke Co. operations with his mother in Indiana. Sammel Sher pitched for Webrum for a month, winning all his starts. Mico Twilight Gester recovers from tonsillitis during the B. R. & P. railroad annual inspection tour of washery and mines by officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wanna Con & Coke Co
Jacksonville
Irvin Williams
Armagh
Pack O'Donnel
Ellsworth
Fred C. Neal
Ohio University
Columbus
Ohio
Misa May Cornman
Johnstown
Gilmore F. Sell
Lackawanna Coke Co
Indiana
Sammel Sher
Wintondale
Webrum
Mico Twilight Gester
B., R. & P. Railroad Co
Local Folks Take Short Trips and Getaways
Marion Center notes mention George B Holt leaving for window dressing course in Chicago. W T Martin, ex Pittsburg Gazette Times staff, visited friends during vacation. A C Powell, J N McCoy, and A J Fisher attended Concord Arm tract presbytery meeting. J H McGinnty and William Fuller enjoying vacation at home. J G Work and wife began two week trip to DuBose Pittsburg and eastern points. William McGregor plans New York visit to join three brothers already employed there. Mrs Martha Mabon of Indiana visited R C Craigs and S S Wettling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George B. Holt
Chicago
Ill
W. T. Martin
Dow
Pittsburg Gazette-Times
A. C.powell
J. N. McCoy
A. J. Fisher
Reyne Township
Concord
Armatrong County
J. H. McGinnty
William Fuller
Pittsburg
J. G. Work
DuBose
William McGregor
New York
Martha Mabon
Indiana
R. C. Craig
S. S. Wettling
Social notes from Saltsburg and Braddock area
Miss Lillian Bowers visits friends in Braddock and vicinity while Mrs Margaret Happle visits friends on North Side Pittsburg. Mrs W C Armor of Canton Oklahoma visits her sister in law Mrs R N McCurdy and other friends in this part of the state. The next meeting of the Presbyterian Church work association is set for next Thursday evening. Mrs Cyrus Steel, who recently fell and broke her wrist, is recovering nicely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Bowers
Braddock
Margaret Happle
North Side
Pittsburg
Ataira
Any Woman Can Have Beautiful Hair
Women overlook their hair’s power and Paria women exemplify beauty through hair care. Parisian Sage, once scarce in America, is now widely available and marketed to grow luxuriant hair, stop shedding, and halt scalp itching with a guaranteed result.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paria
America
E. Hildebrand
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promises Relief
Knoxville Iowa woman Clara Franks credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills with ending a year of pains and weakness. The ad touts the remedy for displacements inflammation irregularities and nervous prostration and urges women to seek free advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Iowa
Pinkham
Clara Franks
R.F.D
Lydia E. Pinkham
Dixon Defends Dairy Farmers Amid Milk Supply Concerns
State Health Commissioner Dixon urges not to blame farmers while detailing risks to the milk supply. He cites onfarm challenges, transport pollution, and unsanitary dealer practices as factors that contaminate milk after leaving the dairy, urging municipalities to scrutinize handling from farm gate to market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixon
Penney
Vanit
Humorous Philadelphia Trolley Tale and Starling Myth
A West Philadelphia bachelor charms a baby on a Chestnut Street trolley with a stage whisper joke about a pin in the baby. The mother explains the baby is crying from his face-making, not a pin. The piece then shifts to a note on starling tongue myths and a London Strand anecdote about cut tongues and bird sale tricks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Philadelphia
Chestnut Street
Ahe
Sbe
Philadelphia Times
London Strand
Crested Screamer Excites Zoo Visit As Exotic Fighter
A New York Sun quote describes the crested screamer as a large, spry bird with four wing spurs, noted for its fighting prowess and popularity in local sport. Native people reportedly tamed the birds to defend poultry, making fights a famed spectacle surpassing cockfights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crested Screamer
Brazil
New York Sun
Grewsome charms and the dead stroke tale in Northampton
A London correspondent recalls macabre cures once popular in Northampton including rubbing a dead criminal's hand on a weapon three times. He notes crowds gathering for the "dead stroke" and that the last execution drew fewer clients due to higher hangman fees. Short vignettes reflect social foibles and street wit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Northampton
The One Condition in a London Mail item
A brief London Mail exchange records Lady Fertig asking her father about marriage. The Honorable Guasie recalls the father’s severe condition that he would see him “banged” first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fertig
Guasie
Hon. G
London Mail
Same Effect Jopls Do I Love Her
The passage shows a dialogue about love and sleeplessness with a humorous aside about a tailor. It notes Owens questions proof and Roaten Transcript as a source tag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jopls
Owens
Unclear fragmentary note on racing barrels and savings
Fragmentary text mentions barrels and racers with possible references to savings and someone named Skindint. Details are garbled and no clear event or context emerges from the readable portion.
Professor Victor's System Attracts Noted Franklin Visitors
Professor Carl Victor originator of the Victor System and respiratory specialist is registered at the Moore Hotel. He promotes a treatment of human vibrations and magnetism said to restore the body from nervous tension overwork or worry. After a five week Franklin Park Hotel visit he treated many prominent locals including George Crisp well E G Crawford Rene Rietenbach and others. He claims a cure for stomach troubles constipation and indigestion with letters of recommendation from participants. He will treat both ladies and gentlemen starting next Monday at the Moore Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor
Moore Hotel
St. Louis Fair
Franklin
Park Hotel
Ankles
George
Criswell
E. G. Crawford
Rene Rietenbach
Phil Engelbirger
Bryan H. Osborne
Dave Printz
Wiliam J. Mullen
2. Alger
James Woodburn
Butler
J. V. Ritz
W. J. Blakeslee
Butler County National Bank
A J Evans
Evans Manufacturing Company
A. E. Reiber
Sate Deposit and Trust Company
D H. Tomb, Esq
Indiana
Lorimer Friends Plan Vindication Amid Resignation Scheme
Chicago readers report Lorimer's supporters discuss a plan to have him resign from the U S Senate and seek re election by the Illinois legislature in January. They argue his departure would not prove guilt and would rally votes for vindication, silencing critics statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
William Lorimer
United States
Lorimer
Illinois
United States Senate
Illiois Senate
Tower House
Lorimers
Clark
Montana
They Have a Definite Purpose Foley Kidney Pills Ad
An advertisement touts Foley Kidney Pills for quick relief from kidney and bladder ailments. A Terre Haute reader, Mrs Rose Glaser, reports positive personal results after prior health struggles, stating the medicine aided her recovery and renewed her ability to work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
Rose Glaser
Terre Haute
Ind
Cagny
Seey Tate
Voley
Thieves Take Cash From Express Office in Stroudsburg
United States Express agent W H Graham reported a theft at Stroudsburg station. A package of banknotes totaling 2860 dollars was stolen from his desk on Thursday while he prepared 1600 dollars for a Delaware Lackawanna and Western train to New York. Authorities said no further light could be shed on the alleged theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stroudsburg
W. H. Graham
United States Express Company
Meeweager
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
New York
Scranton
Graham
Delaware, Lackawanna
Boutell to Run Independently After Primary Loss
Chicago September 17 Congressman Henry S Boutell badly beaten in Ninth district primaries announced he would seek his Washington seat as an independent. He pledged to win and said he would fight to carry forward his existing policies. In Painesville Ohio, fourteen year old Charles Spear was struck by an amputated limb from a touring car and possibly fatally injured after jumping from the vehicle in front of a car driven by Fred Wagner and Walter Warren of San Francisco en route to New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Henry S. Boutell
Washington
Bouteh
Stitle
Painesville
Charles Spear
Weet Mentor
Spear
Fred Wagner
Walter Warren
San Francisco
New York
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Evening Gazette
The
Andina Publishing Company
Walter H. Jackson
Wew Gazette
Carpenter Ave
Indiana Post Office
Marion Center
Saltsburg
A. Pounda
North Ninth Street
Fred Herlinger
New Marshall Building
Indiana Lumber & Supply Company
Parnell, Cowher & Co
Philadelphia St
Stewart & Cunningham
Grant St
Church Street
Blairsville
Addreas
William Walter
A. W. Engle
South Fifth Street
South Seventh Street
Dergain
Gazette Office
Eleventh Street
West End
Water St
Presbyterian Church
Weaver Street
T. A. Gilbert
F. M. Donahagh
Water Street
G. W. Fitzgerald
DR. Dixon
Peart
New York Journal
Bart
Carl Victor
Stroudsburg, Pa
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